eureka-js-client

A JavaScript implementation of a client for Eureka (https://github.com/Netflix/eureka), the Netflix OSS service registry.

Usage

First, install the module into your node project:

npm install eureka-js-client --save

Add Eureka client to a Node application.

The Eureka module exports a JavaScript function that can be constructed.

import Eureka from 'eureka-js-client';

// Or, if you're not using a transpiler:
const Eureka = require('eureka-js-client').Eureka;

// example configuration
const client = new Eureka({
  // application instance information
  instance: {
    app: 'jqservice',
    hostName: 'localhost',
    ipAddr: '127.0.0.1',
    port: 8080,
    vipAddress: 'jq.test.something.com',
    dataCenterInfo: {
      name: 'MyOwn',
    },
  },
  eureka: {
    // eureka server host / port
    host: '192.168.99.100',
    port: 32768,
  },
});

The Eureka client searches for the YAML file eureka-client.yml in the current working directory. It further searches for environment specific overrides in the environment specific YAML files (e.g. eureka-client-test.yml). The environment is typically development or production, and is determined by the NODE_ENV environment variable. The options passed to the constructor overwrite any values that are set in configuration files.

You can configure a custom directory to load the configuration files from by specifying a cwd option in the object passed to the Eureka constructor.

const client = new Eureka({
  cwd: `${__dirname}/config`,
});

If you wish, you can also overwrite the name of the file that is loaded with the filename property. You can mix the cwd and filename options.

const client = new Eureka({
  filename: 'eureka',
  cwd: `${__dirname}/config`,
});

Register with Eureka & start application heartbeats

client.start();

De-register with Eureka & stop application heartbeats

client.stop();

Get Instances By App ID

const instances = client.getInstancesByAppId('YOURSERVICE');

Get Instances By Vip Address

const instances = client.getInstancesByVipAddress('YOURSERVICEVIP');

Providing Custom Request Middleware

The client exposes the ability to modify the outgoing request options object prior to a eureka call. This is useful when adding authentication methods such as OAuth, or other custom headers. This will be called on every eureka request, so it highly suggested that any long-lived external calls made in the middleware are cached or memoized. If the middleware returns anything other than an object, the eureka request will immediately fail and perform a retry if configured.

// example using middleware to set-up HTTP authentication
const client = new Eureka({
  requestMiddleware: (requestOpts, done) => {
    requestOpts.auth = {
      user: 'username',
      password: 'somepassword'
    };
    done(requestOpts);
  }
});

Configuring for AWS environments

For AWS environments (dataCenterInfo.name == 'Amazon') the client has built-in logic to request the AWS metadata that the Eureka server requires. See Eureka REST schema for more information.

// example configuration for AWS
const client = new Eureka({
  // application instance information
  instance: {
    app: 'jqservice',
    port: 8080,
    vipAddress: 'jq.test.something.com',
    statusPageUrl: 'http://__HOST__:8080/info',
    healthCheckUrl: 'http://__HOST__:8077/healthcheck',
    homePageUrl: 'http://__HOST__:8080/',
    dataCenterInfo: {
      name: 'Amazon',
    },
  },
  eureka: {
    // eureka server host / port / EC2 region
    host: 'eureka.test.mydomain.com',
    port: 80,
  },
});

Notes:

• Under this configuration, the instance hostName and ipAddr will be set to the public host and public IP that the AWS metadata provides. You can set eureka.useLocalMetadata to true to use the private host and private IP address instead.
• If you want to register using the IP address as the hostname, set eureka.preferIpAddress to true. This may be used in combination with eureka.useLocalMetadata for selecting the private or public IP.
• For status and healthcheck URLs, you may use the replacement key of __HOST__ to use the host from the metadata.
• Metadata fetching can be disabled by setting config.eureka.fetchMetadata to false if you want to provide your own metadata in AWS environments.

Looking up Eureka Servers using DNS

If your have multiple availability zones and your DNS entries set up according to the Wiki article Deploying Eureka Servers in EC2, you'll want to set config.eureka.useDns to true and set config.eureka.ec2Region to the current region (usually this can be pulled into your application via an environment variable, or passed in directly at startup).

This will cause the client to perform a DNS lookup using config.eureka.host and config.eureka.ec2Region. The naming convention for the DNS TXT records required for this to function is also described in the Wiki article above. This feature will also work in non-EC2 environments as long as the DNS records conform to the same convention. The results of the DNS resolution are cached in memory and refreshed every 5 minutes by default (set config.eureka.clusterRefreshInterval to override).

Zone Affinity

By default, the client will first try to connect to the Eureka server located in the same availability-zone as it's currently in. If availability-zone is not set in the instance metadata, a random server will be chosen. This also applies when statically configuring the cluster (mapped by zone, see below). To disable this feature, set config.eureka.preferSameZone to false, and a random server will be chosen.

Statically configuring Eureka server list

While the recommended approach for resolving the Eureka cluster is using DNS (see above), you can also statically configure the list of Eureka servers by zone or just using a simple default list. Make sure to provide the full protocol, host, port, and path to the Eureka REST service (usually /apps/) when using this approach.

Static cluster configuration (map by zone)

// example configuration for AWS (static map of Eureka cluster by availability-zone)
const client = new Eureka({
  instance: {
    ... // application instance information
  },
  eureka: {
    availabilityZones: {
      'us-east-1': ['us-east-1c', 'us-east-1d', 'us-east-1e']
    },
    serviceUrls: {
      'us-east-1c': [
        'http://ec2-fake-552-627-568-165.compute-1.amazonaws.com:7001/eureka/v2/apps/', 'http://ec2-fake-368-101-182-134.compute-1.amazonaws.com:7001/eureka/v2/apps/'
      ],
      'us-east-1d': [...],
      'us-east-1e': [...]
    }
  },
});

Static cluster configuration (list)

// example configuration (static list of Eureka cluster servers)
const client = new Eureka({
  instance: {
    ... // application instance information
  },
  eureka: {
    serviceUrls: {
      default: [
        'http://ec2-fake-552-627-568-165.compute-1.amazonaws.com:7001/eureka/v2/apps/', 'http://ec2-fake-368-101-182-134.compute-1.amazonaws.com:7001/eureka/v2/apps/'
      ]
    }
  },
});

Advanced Configuration Options

option	default value	description
requestMiddleware	noop	Custom middleware function to modify the outgoing request to eureka
logger	console logging	logger implementation for the client to use
eureka.maxRetries	3	Number of times to retry all requests to eureka
eureka.requestRetryDelay	500	milliseconds to wait between retries. This will be multiplied by the # of failed retries.
eureka.heartbeatInterval	30000	milliseconds to wait between heartbeats
eureka.registryFetchInterval	30000	milliseconds to wait between registry fetches
eureka.registerWithEureka	true	enable/disable Eureka registration
eureka.fetchRegistry	true	enable/disable registry fetching
eureka.filterUpInstances	true	enable/disable filtering of instances with status === UP
eureka.servicePath	/eureka/v2/apps/	path to eureka REST service
eureka.ssl	false	enable SSL communication with Eureka server
eureka.useDns	false	look up Eureka server using DNS, see Looking up Eureka Servers in AWS using DNS
eureka.preferSameZone	true	enable/disable zone affinity when locating a Eureka server
eureka.clusterRefreshInterval	300000	milliseconds to wait between refreshing cluster hosts (DNS resolution only)
eureka.fetchMetadata	true	fetch AWS metadata when in AWS environment, see Configuring for AWS environments
eureka.useLocalMetadata	false	use local IP and local hostname from metadata when in an AWS environment.
eureka.preferIpAddress	false	use IP address (local or public) as the hostname for registration when in an AWS environment.

Events

Eureka client is an instance of EventEmitter and provides the following events for consumption:

event	data provided	description
started	N/A	Fired when eureka client is fully registered and all registries have been updated.
registered	N/A	Fired when the eureka client is registered with eureka.
deregistered	N/A	Fired when the eureka client is deregistered with eureka.
heartbeat	N/A	Fired when the eureka client has successfully renewed it's lease with eureka.
registryUpdated	N/A	Fired when the eureka client has successfully update it's registries.

Debugging

The library uses request for all service calls, and debugging can be turned on by passing NODE_DEBUG=request when you start node. This allows you you double-check the URL being called as well as other request properties.

NODE_DEBUG=request node example.js

You can also turn on debugging within the library by setting the log level to debug:

client.logger.level('debug');

Known Issues

400 Bad Request Errors from Eureka Server

Later versions of Eureka require a slightly different JSON POST body on registration. If you are seeing 400 errors on registration it's probably an issue with your configuration and it could be the formatting differences below. The history behind this is unclear and there's a discussion here. The main differences are:

• port is now an object with 2 required fields $ and @enabled.
• dataCenterInfo has an @class property.

See below for an example:

const client = new Eureka({
  // application instance information
  instance: {
    app: 'jqservice',
    hostName: 'localhost',
    ipAddr: '127.0.0.1',
    port: {
      '$': 8080,
      '@enabled': true,
    },
    vipAddress: 'jq.test.something.com',
    dataCenterInfo: {
      '@class': 'com.netflix.appinfo.InstanceInfo$DefaultDataCenterInfo',
      name: 'MyOwn',
    },
  },
  eureka: {
    // eureka server host / port
    host: '192.168.99.100',
    port: 32768,
  },
});

If you are planning on connecting to a eureka service in AWS you will need to add the corresponding dataCenterInfo information:

  dataCenterInfo: {
   '@class': 'com.netflix.appinfo.AmazonInfo',
   name: 'Amazon',
  }

404 Not Found Errors from Eureka Server

This probably means that the Eureka REST service is located on a different path in your environment. The default is http://<EUREKA_HOST>/eureka/v2/apps, but depending on your setup you may need to set eureka.servicePath in your configuration to another path. The REST service could be hung under /eureka/apps/ or possibly /apps/.

Usage with Spring Cloud

If you are using Spring Cloud you'll likely need the following settings:

• Set eureka.servicePath in your config to /eureka/apps/.
• Use the newer style of the configuration here or Spring Cloud Eureka will throw a 500 error.
• Set statusPageUrl to a valid URL for your application, Spring Cloud seems to require this when the instance information is parsed.
• Put single quotes around boolean @enabled. Unfortunately, a 500 error regarding parsing seems to occur without that.

Below is an example configuration that should work with Spring Cloud Eureka server:

const client = new Eureka({
  instance: {
    app: 'jqservice',
    hostName: 'localhost',
    ipAddr: '127.0.0.1',
    statusPageUrl: 'http://localhost:8080/info',
    port: {
      '$': 8080,
      '@enabled': 'true',
    },
    vipAddress: 'jq.test.something.com',
    dataCenterInfo: {
      '@class': 'com.netflix.appinfo.InstanceInfo$DefaultDataCenterInfo',
      name: 'MyOwn',
    },
  },
  eureka: {
    host: '192.168.99.100',
    port: 32768,
    servicePath: '/eureka/apps/'
  },
});

Tests

The test for the module are written using mocha and chai. To run the unit tests, you can use the gulp test task:

gulp test

If you wish to have the tests watch the src/ and test/ directories for changes, you can use the test:watch gulp task:

gulp test:watch